This course provides an introduction to linear algebra in Euclidean space. Topics covered include: N-dimensional vectors, dot product, matrices and matrix operations, systems of linear equations and Gaussian elimination, linear independence, subspaces, basis and dimension, matrix inverse, matrix rank and determinant, eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonalization. Applications of these topics, including least squares fitting, will be included. (Also offered through Distance Education format.) MATH*2150 is not intended for Mathematics majors.
